Lansigan, Felino P.

Degrees

Ph.D. Statistical Hydrology and Water Resources, Colorado State University in Fort Collins, Colorado, USA

Biographical Sketch

Dr. Felino P. Lansigan is a Professor of Statistics, and of Environmental Science at U.P. Los Baños (UPLB). He is currently the Dean of the UPLB College of Arts and Sciences, and also Chair of the UPLB Climate Risks Studies Center. He obtained his BS and MS degrees from UPLB in 1975 and 1977, and his Ph.D.degree specializing in statistical hydrology and water resources in 1982 from Colorado State University.

Professor Lansigan is a member of the Climate Change Commission technical panel of experts in ecology and environment. He is also a Lead Author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group II for the IPCC Second and Fifth Assessment Reports. He led the DA-FAO-MDGF project on climate change adaptation in the fragile ecosystem of the Cordillera region (2009-2011); and served as Project Leader of the World Bank-DENR-PhilCCAP component on Climate Resilience of Protected Areas.

He was also Regional Coordinator of the ASEAN-GIZ-SEARCA Initiative on Climate Resilience in Rice and other Crops. Professor Lansigan has authored and co-authored a number of scientific articles, books, and monographs. He co-authored a book on changing Philippine climate (UP Press, 2014), and contributed a chapter each in three books, namely: climate change impacts and adaptation in agricultural water management in the Philippines (CABI-IWMI, 2015); water security in Southeast Asia (Elgar Publishing, 2015); and climate change and Philippine agriculture (CABI-IFPRI, 2016). He is in the editorial boards of three scientific journals. He has received several awards and recognitions as a researcher and as a teacher.